Rice with Toasted Noodles (Reshteh Polow رشته پلو)

Introduce

Chef :

Rozina Dinaa

Rice with Toasted Noodles (Reshteh Polow رشته پلو)

There are two main dishes that are traditionally served in the evening of the Persian new year (Nowruz). One of them is Reshteh polow. This dish is a combination of rice with a special kind of smoked noodles. In Persian language noodles are called ‘ Reshteh’ and rice dish is called ‘Polow’. Therefore, name of this rice dish is ‘ Reshteh polow رشته پلو’

Ingredient

200 g

rice

100 g

toasted noodles (reshteh polowei)

medium onion

1 cup

raisins

1 tsp

orange skin, finely chopped

1 cup

dates

2 tbsp

saffron water

to taste

Salt

1 slice

flat bread

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Peel off onion. Chop it finely. Saute it in a pan for 5 minutes over a medium heat. Add raisins and orange skin to onion and cook it for 2-3 minutes more. Set it aside.

* Step 2

Remove pits from dates. Mash them with hand or put them into a microwave and add 1 tbs water and microwave for 20 seconds. Then, makes date pastes as size of small balls. Saute in the pan for 2-3 minutes. Set aside.

* Step 3

Place the rice in a bowl and wash the rice with cold water and drain it. Then fill the bowl with 4 cups of cold water, add 3 tbs of salt and rice. Let it soak for an hour. Bring water to boil in a pot. Drain soaked rice and pour it into the pot. Let it to cook for about 5 minutes. Break noodles into small pieces and add toasted noodles to the boiled rice and let it to cook for 5 minutes more.Then, pour boiled rice mixture into a strainer and rinse under running water.

* Step 4

Put the pot on the heat. Add 3 tbs of Olive oil to the pot. Cover bottom of pot with a slice of flat bread for making tahdig. Place the rice-noodle top of the bread. Cover the pot with a lid. Allow to cook for 20 minutes over how heat.